Great Regulars: W.D. Snodgrass, a Beaver Falls native,

burst upon the American poetry scene like a comet in 1960 when his collection, "Heart's Needle," won the Pulitzer Prize and created a large following for his work.

"Nothing he published later equaled the readership of that book," said fellow poet Ed Ochester. "It was so sensational--poems that were both readable and formalist at the same time. It remains one of the finest books of 20th-century American poetry."

from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: W.D. Snodgrass /Native of Beaver Falls who won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry

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